type 1 – Black Dogs Rule

Raven is our rock star night alerting dog. On most nights she wakes me up at least once to alert to an out of range blood sugar, and generally it will be a high. But last night was a little diff...

https://blackdogsrule.com/heres-the-thing-about-night-alerts/

Do you currently have a Dexcom CGM for your child? Have you ever wished that there was a way that you could see that data while they were at school, and you were 50 miles away at work? Or at din...

https://blackdogsrule.com/cgm-in-the-cloud-first-look/

Night time alerting. Most often it is the number 1 reason someone cites for wanting a DAD. And it is often followed up with “and then we can sleep through the night” as if the dog will catch...

https://blackdogsrule.com/night-time-alerting-the-holy-grail/

Wish and Hope. We do a lot of that around here. Not far from a “wing and a prayer”. Kinda like living in a land of “almosts”. We are almost there. That’s where we live in the land of d...

https://blackdogsrule.com/wish-and-hope-2/

Our family has spent 2 years now with a service dog. I’ve seen a lot, screwed up a lot, and learned a lot over those 2 years. (Major became ours on 10/1/11, there will be a post about that on ...

https://blackdogsrule.com/thinking-about-getting-a-service-dog-my-advice-to-you/

Let me preface all of this by saying that I am not a dog trainer or a breeder. I’m just a dad that decided that getting a service dog was important for our family. Since then, I have become mo...

https://blackdogsrule.com/puppy-started-or-finished-service-dog/

Climbing up on soapbox. You say you want a service dog to help you out. They are great for that. You say you want one because you’d like to get some rest? Nope. Not gonna happen. As a matter of...

https://blackdogsrule.com/you-say-you-want-a-service-dog/

No pictures today. Instead, here is a list of things I want you to know about diabetes. I want you to know that there is no “controlling” diabetes. There is diabetes management, there is expe...

https://blackdogsrule.com/things-i-want-you-to-know-about-type-1-diabetes/